Okay, we are live. Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates. On today's show, I have a very special guest. His name is Noah Charney, and he's just published a book, which I read. Really delighted to read that and have him as a guest. The title of the book is Devil in the Gallery, how scandal, shock, and rivalry shaped the art world published September 15th, 2021.

And this is not Noah's first book.

He has also written The Art Thief, a novel in 2007.

Also, art and crime, exploring the dark side of the art world, 2009.

Stealing the Mystic Lamb, the true story of the world's most coveted masterpiece, published 2010,

The Thieves of the Mona Lisa on Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting, 2011.

Also, The Art of Forgery, The Minds, Motives, and Methods of Master Forgers, 2015,

and also Arch Crime Terrorist, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves, 2016.

Noah Charny holds master's degrees in art history from the Cortald Institute and the University of Cambridge and a PhD

from the University of Loblania, I think is pronounced properly. He is the adjunct professor

of art history at the American University of Rome, visiting lecture for Brown University of Broad Programs, and is the founder of ARCA, the Association for Research

into Crimes Against Art, a non-profit research group on the issues in art crime, and the website

is www.Rtchrimorch.org. His work in the field of art crime has been praised in such forums as the New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, BBC Radio, National Public Radio, El Pais, Boog, Vanity Fair, Tatler, among others. He has also appeared on radio and television, including BBC, ITV, CNBC, National Geographic, and NBC, MSNBC as a presenter and guest expert.

He is in constant demand as a lecturer, and he has given popular TED Talks, was a finalist for the main TED event,

and teaches a Guardian Masterclass called How to Write About Art.

And his website is his full name, Noah Charny.

And again, the title of this book that we're going to talk about is devil in the gallery,

How Scandal, Shock, and Ravelry shaped the art world.

So Noah, Charney, are you there?

How's it going? Thanks for having me.

Yeah, thanks for agreeing to the interview.

For people, you have a very long CV. For people who may not have heard your name, can you kind of talk about your career in art and your writings and what led you to write the devil in the gallery?

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